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Cargo Plane Crashes at Dover Air Base
Fox News ^
| April 03, 2006
| AP
Posted on 04/03/2006 7:17:35 AM PDT by stm
DOVER, Del. — A C-5 cargo plane carrying 17 people crashed just short of a runway at Dover Air Force Base early Monday after developing problems during takeoff, military officials said. There was no immediate word on fatalities.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Delaware
KEYWORDS: c5galaxy; cargoplane; doverafb; lookinbreakingnews; planecrash; usaf
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This aircraft had just taken off, which meant it was full of fuel. It's a miracle there was no fire and no one was killed.
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:17:37 AM PDT
by
stm
To: stm
Hope everyone is OK. Bummer to lose one of these big babies.
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:20:01 AM PDT
by
headstamp
(Nothing lasts forever, Unless it does.)
To: headstamp
Was the Galaxy one of the planes Howard Hughes designed for the military?
To: stm
Miracle indeed...wow!
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:27:04 AM PDT
by
Horatio Gates
(Kickin' ass on the wild side)
To: stm
Hope everyone is OK. Former 68AS C-5 FE bump..
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:28:05 AM PDT
by
Jonx6
To: LoudRepublicangirl
Don't think so, I think it was a design competition between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Lockheed won the contract.
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:28:55 AM PDT
by
Crazieman
(6-23-2005, Establishment of the United Socialist States of America)
To: Horatio Gates
Hadn't seen that photo, there was a fire apparently on the port wing. Looks like the #1 is gone.
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:30:01 AM PDT
by
stm
(You can fix a lot of things, but you can't fix stupid)
To: Horatio Gates
Damn good pilot whoever he is.
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:31:03 AM PDT
by
headstamp
(Nothing lasts forever, Unless it does.)
To: Crazieman
Thanks. I guess I just heard the Galaxy mentioned in the movie the Aviator and assumed Howard designed it. I hope everyone on board this one will pull through.
To: LoudRepublicangirl
> I guess I just heard the Galaxy mentioned in the movie the Aviator and assumed Howard designed it.
That was the "H-4 Hercules" AKA the "Spruce Goose." Obviously Lockheed ressurected the "Hercules" name for the C-130.
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:35:25 AM PDT
by
orionblamblam
(A furore Normannorum libera nos, Domine)
To: stm
Drudgereport had the photo. Haven't seen any others
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:36:39 AM PDT
by
Horatio Gates
(Kickin' ass on the wild side)
To: stm
My sister lives near Westover AFB (Massachusetts) and C-5's are flying over her house (about 1000 feet over) constantly.They are *big* and *loud*.
I very much hope that nobody was hurt in this accident.
To: stm
Heres another angle...
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:42:30 AM PDT
by
Horatio Gates
(Kickin' ass on the wild side)
To: stm
Read that the #2 engine had a flameout on take-off. Must have been above the 3 engine climb-out weight. Glad she didn't catch fire, they couldn't have dumped much fuel if they didn't make the runway.
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:42:46 AM PDT
by
Jonx6
To: LoudRepublicangirl
Howard Hughes design came 20 years before the C-5. The Spruce goose was known originally as HK-1 and later H-4 Hercules.Or even "flying lumberyard" When the C-5 was designed Howard was too busy growing out his fingernails and saving hit urine.
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:47:52 AM PDT
by
oyez
(Appeasement is insanity)
To: Horatio Gates
Mind Your Head!
or
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face!
Whatta freaky pix! Kudos to the pilots for somehow managing to not make it explode!!!!!!!!
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posted on
04/03/2006 7:50:27 AM PDT
by
Mrs. Shawnlaw
(No NAIS! And the USDA can bugger off, too!)
To: stm
To: stm
Zero dead... the DUmmies are deeply sadden for lack of disaster.
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posted on
04/03/2006 8:23:14 AM PDT
by
Wiz
To: Horatio Gates
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posted on
04/03/2006 8:40:20 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
To: Wiz
We could always fill one up with them and crash it from a 45° nose down dive.
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posted on
04/03/2006 8:55:07 AM PDT
by
stm
(You can fix a lot of things, but you can't fix stupid)
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